The diary is composed of 37 sheets of copy paper and documents Kellogg's time reporting on the Big Horn-Yellowstone Expedition of 1876 when he accompanied George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry during the events that ultimately led to the...

Men stand in front of an early Pierce County Courthouse, of wood construction, except for a brick addition to the building with barred windows, likely the jail. The men are unidentified. A partially visible sign on the building advertises L.N....

Governor L.B. Hanna stands on a stage in Dunn Center, N.D. with other men, during a speech on the occasion of the arrival of the first train in town. Women with gaily decorated hats stand and listen to the speakers.

The interior of the dome on the Divide County Courthouse in Crosby, North Dakota features murals rather than the usual skylights. These murals depict scenes of early area history: Indians traveling on horseback, a railroad town, a dairy farm, and...

Aerial view from east-south-east looking down at the Rock Haven snag boat port upstream on the Missouri River from Mandan. The port is on the near shore, while the opposite shore is wooded and in the background.

An exterior view of the Burke County Courthouse in Bowbells, North Dakota shows the America Federalist and Classical inspiration behind the design. Sandstone window sills highlight the original window configuration, the retention of which is one...

View of Fargo early in its development. A row of storefronts is shown on the other side of an open space and street. People are standing in the left foreground. Trees are visible beyond the row of buildings.

The underground launch control center is under construction in this early photo of the Oscar Zero site, now part of the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Site near Cooperstown. The launch control center capsule sits in a large excavation. A man and...

Snow and ice surround the launch control center capsules at Oscar Zero missile alert facility, now part of the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Site near Cooperstown. The site is still under contruction in this early photograph.

A brief excerpt from an article written by William B. Hazen (commanding officer of Fort Buford) and a chart of the rainfall records from Fort Buford. Hazen’s comments were published shortly before the Northern Pacific Railroad, then building into...

The front cover of the Oscar H. Will & Company seed catalog for 1908 features drawings of Will's sugar watermelon, hard head lettuce, early June cabbage, carmine radish, early June sweet corn, Dakota globe onion, blood beet, and a long green...

Includes a preliminary application form for Civilian Conservation Corps selection, a certificate of selection for the CCC, and a memoir written by Harold P. Leland of his time in the CCC in North Dakota and Arkansas.

A composite postcard. The center picture is labeled "Kenmare in 1896 (First Post Office).", then going clockwise the pictures are labeled "West Side 1897", "South Side 1897", "South and West Sides 1897" and "South Side 1897."

Houses and businesses are located side by side in this early view of Kenmare, N.D. At center, the Rogers Lumber Co., a hotel, and a dry goods and hardware store are visible. At left, the Olson Hardware and Furniture Store, Peterson Bros. Grocery,...

A large concrete structure stands at the left. There are workers scaffolding on top. At center there is another building in the very early stages of construction. The building is surrounded by scaffolding. There is a crane in the background. ...